Arthur - Allison Crowe and Band Euro Live Bootleg Sparkles in Cohencentric Setting
Gem of a music-lover’s blog, “Cohencentric: Leonard Cohen Considered”, reveals facets of artistry on display in a rare bootleg of
Allison Crowe and Band. The recording, just unearthed from an European
audio-trove, features the quartet performing a song sparkling in the
diamantine prose of Allan Showalter, Cohencentric’s master wordsmith:
“ ‘Arthur’ is elegantly, efficiently lapidarian, interweaving deeply personal questions of devotion and loyalty, Arthurian legend, intense romantic longing, and, of course, sex. It is, in a word (albeit a conveniently coined term) – Cohenesque. The video for ‘Arthur’ is also a visual treat, featuring sweet, awkward, altogether fetching clips from home movies, shot in Johannesburg and the Natal Coast of South Africa, of the honeymoon of two young people of my own parents’ generation.”
“ ‘Arthur’ is elegantly, efficiently lapidarian, interweaving deeply personal questions of devotion and loyalty, Arthurian legend, intense romantic longing, and, of course, sex. It is, in a word (albeit a conveniently coined term) – Cohenesque. The video for ‘Arthur’ is also a visual treat, featuring sweet, awkward, altogether fetching clips from home movies, shot in Johannesburg and the Natal Coast of South Africa, of the honeymoon of two young people of my own parents’ generation.”
Labels: Allan Showalter, Allison Crowe, Arthur, blog, British Columbia, Canada, cello, Cohencentric, concert, Dave Baird, King, Leonard Cohen, Lin, mandolin, music, Natal, piano, Sarah White, tour, video
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